8 month sleep regression - please help

[busybee1980]

we appear to be in the middle of this, does anyone have any suggestions. Some nights are ok but on others she just won't sleep until held by me, either in her cot (unsustainable for a night's sleep) or lying on me in our bed, she won't even be put down next to us in our bed. From 14 weeks she slept really well but for the past 3-4 weeks we have been having 4-5 bad nights for every good night. How did other people get through this? Anyone got any tips to help us get some sleep?

Sorry, nothing practical to offer. But it does pass...

Teeth? Have you tried calpol or teething gel?

Bumping - we're going through this now. DS has always been a shit sleeper but now we've got screaming at bedtime, screaming at naptime, 30-minute naps, needing to be fed to sleep, refusing to sleep in the pushchair, refusing to be put down in his cot, being awake for ages in the night, early waking ...

Urgh.

just hit this myself.

Every day is one closer to it being over, right?....Right????

Can this happen earlier, say at 7 months? As it's exactly what my DD (29 weeks) is doing, except she won't even sleep when held. She literally won't sleep. She's been up now since 2 this morning and NOTHING will get her back down!

Unfortunately this sleep regression also coincides with many babies going to two naps a day around the 9 month mark. Plus napping as per their sleepy signals no longer works either as they are "unreliable" - something to do with body clocks changing (it is in the happy sleep habits, healthy child book). So best thing to do is nap at set times, same time every day - 9am and 1pm (or thereabouts).

DS did the waking at night thing - I remember him waving at me at 3am for how long, I forget . I just had to survive it. But I do remember sorting out his naps and day routine did help with the days - that included putting him on a more rigid schedule for his meals and naps.